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    It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten
    before the duties of friendship can be discharged.
    [Lat., Vulgo dicitur multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut
    amicitia munus expletum sit.]

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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness read more

It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.

by E. W. Howe Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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Oh, how you wrong our friendship, valiant youth.
With friends there is not such a word as debt:
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Oh, how you wrong our friendship, valiant youth.
With friends there is not such a word as debt:
Where amity is ty'd with band of truth,
All benefits are there in common set.

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A friend is someone who can sing you the song of your heart when you've forgotten it.

A friend is someone who can sing you the song of your heart when you've forgotten it.

by Unknown Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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To some it may be a thrill to be known, to me it's a thrill to start a friendship even read more

To some it may be a thrill to be known, to me it's a thrill to start a friendship even up.

by Christopher Knight Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet read more

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.

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Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.

Friendship's the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial.

by Nahum Tate Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, read more

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. -George Eliot.

by George Eliot Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.

by Douglas Pagels Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow,
We will stand by each other, however it blow.

Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow,
We will stand by each other, however it blow.

by Simon Dach Found in: Friendship Quotes,
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